https://tinyurl.com/rh6e9qr

On 3/7/2020 12:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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> https://tinyurl.com/rh6e9qr
>

That is going to hurt a lot of people. Temporarily good for local
buyers but for the lobstermen, distributors, even the box suppliers and
truck drivers. That is a steep decline in use.

On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 08:55:55 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/7/2020 12:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/rh6e9qr
>>
>
>That is going to hurt a lot of people. Temporarily good for local
>buyers but for the lobstermen, distributors, even the box suppliers and
>truck drivers. That is a steep decline in use.

It's probably just the first of many things. I noticed that many
national chain stores and restaurants are advertising 20 percent off
of your purchase as enticement to get people in the door.
Janet US

On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>On 3/7/2020 U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/rh6e9qr
>
>That is going to hurt a lot of people. Temporarily good for local
>buyers but for the lobstermen, distributors, even the box suppliers and
>truck drivers. That is a steep decline in use.

I don't eat lobster, no more than I would parrot and tortoise... I'm
not about to murder critters that can outlive me... Lobster can live
100 years.
https://lobsteranywhere.com/lobster-...bster_Fun_FAQs

I have occasionaly eaten lobster but many years ago. I'm not all that
fond of lobster, I certainly can't understand all the swooning over
eating Lob-Ster. There are other shellfish that I enjoy far more and
they cost little plus can be prepared in many ways... I like bivalves;
clams, mussels, and I think scallops are much tastier than lobster. I
think a good Bouillabaisse is the king of seafood dishes and it
needn't contain lobster.
I like mussels marinara as well.
Easy and costs little, in fact I used to harvest all the mussels I
wanted with a two minute stroll from my front door. My first house,
on Lung Guyland's north shore, was (depending on tide) about 500'
from the water's edge.... the only thing I miss by living in the
Catskills is the sea. However Lung Guyland became very crowded,
noisy, and crime infested, the scourge began when the LIE was extended
to Riverhead. The biggest curse to the north east was the Long Island
Expressway, that enabled the worst of the worst douchebags to migrate
east. The wealthy brainless from Hollywood were all for extending the
LIE and LIRR thinking that would cut their travel time to their beach
front McMansions, however it never occured to those low IQ dingbats
that it would cut the douchebag criminal's travel time as well, many
left and never returned when they saw the transient dreck moving
closer and closer to burglarize their mansions, steal their Beemers,
and rape their wimmens.
This is what semolina bread and dago red were invented for:
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16...nara-di-amore/

Sheldon wrote:
> I don't eat lobster

Course not Popeye, since yoose a Joo.

But yoose ate lots of men's tallywhackers on lung guyland.

On 3/8/2020 4:15 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:34:08 -0700, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>> https://tinyurl.com/rh6e9qr
>
> I saw that article earlier and I think it's advertisement for the
> fish market mentioned. Whole Lobsters aren't $20/lb, let alone
> $40/lb. And Chinese New year was over a months ago.
>
> There's a better Forbes article:
>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/carliep.../#1e560af052cb
>
> -sw
>

Those are retail prices away from the source. I never paid more than $5
but knew where to go.

When I was working we were a minor supplier to the lobster industry but
others had a large chunk of their income from it. I'm sure they are
hurting, as well as some of the lobster boats. While it sucks short
term, it may be good long term if the lobster beds are allowed to
regenerate a bit. You will have more "bugs" and larger sizes. A couple
of generations ago it was common to have many in the 3 to 5 pound range.

Same with cod. The minimum legal size is 22" but a hundred years ago
48" was common.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> Same with cod. The minimum legal size is 22" but a hundred years ago
> 48" was common.

the cod population has not been allowed to recover
in some of the oceans along the NE coast.

even in the face of plenty of evidence and laws
requiring them to stop overfishing they still
allow it and so the stocks have not recovered.


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